At Bizzabo, we live and breathe conferences. We know it is always a challenge to find great speakers, so we came up with a list of the most wanted speakers at tech conferences (we promise to list speakers at other industries in the near future). How did we come up with this list? We dug into our database of more than 3,000 conferences (including hundreds of tech events), compared our speaker popularity metrics with social media insights and search engine results (number of followers, number of appearances in search results) and of course - asked event organizers for their dream team of speakers. Some names might be surprising! Enjoy!
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1. Tim Cook @tim_cook CEO, Apple |
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2. Jeff Weiner @jeffweiner CEO, Linkedin |
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3. Mark Zuckerberg @finkd Founder & CEO, Facebook |
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4. Tony Hawk @TonyHawk Professional Skateboarder |
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5. Satya Nadella @microsoft Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft |
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6. Richard Branson @richardbranson Founder, Virgin Group |
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7. Elon Musk @elonmusk Founder, Space X & Paypal |
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8. Eric Schmidt @ericschmidt Executive Chairman, Google |
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9. Marc Andreesen @pmarca_blog Co-Founder, Andreessen Horowitz |
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10. Kevin Rose @kevinrose General Partner, Google Ventures |
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11. Marissa Mayer @marissamayer CEO of Yahoo! |
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12. Peter Thiel @peterthiel Entrepreneur and Investor, Paypal |
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13. Mark Cuban @mcuban Serial Entrepreneur |
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14. Matt Mullenweg @photomatt Founder, Wordpress |
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15. David Karp @davidkarp Entrepreneur & Web Developer, Tumblr |
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16. Mark Suster @upfrontvc Entrepreneur & Investor, Upfront Ventures |
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17. Dick Costolo @dickc CEO, Twitter |
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18. Ben Horowitz @bhorowitz Co-Founder, Andreesen Horowitz |
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19. Sheryl Sandberg @sherylsandberg Chief Operating Officer, Facebook |
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20. Brian Solis @briansolis Principal, Altimeter Group |
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21. Eric Ries @ericries Founder, Lean Startup methodology |
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22. Mark Benioff @Benioff Founder & CEO, Salesforce |
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23. Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman Co-founder, LinkedIn |
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24. Jack Dorsey @jack Co-Founder, Twitter |
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25. Steve Blank @sgblank Serial-Entrepreneur, Lean Startup Movement |
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26.Kara Swisher @karaswisher Co-Executive Editor, Re/Code |
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27. Meg Whitman @megwhitman CEO, Hewlett-Packard |
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28. Ashton Kutcher @aplusk Tech Investory & Co-Founder, Katalust |
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29. Jeremiah Owyang @jowyang Chief Catalyst & Founder, Crowd Companies |
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30. Paul Graham @paulg Co-founder, Y Combinator |
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31. Michael Acton Smith @acton Founder & Creative Director, Mind Candy |
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32. Dave McClure @davemcclure Founder, 500startups |
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33. Charles Huang @greenthrottle VP, Blackstone |
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34. Robert Scoble @scobleizer Blogger, Technical Evangelist, and Author |
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35. Gary Vaynerchuk @garyvee CEO, Vaynermedia |
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36. Tim Armstrong @aol CEO, AOL Inc. |
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37. John Donahoe @Donahoe_John CEO, Ebay Inc. |
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38. Sarah Lacy @sarahcuda Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, PandoDaily.com |
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39. Jonah Peretti @peretti Founder & CEO, Buzzfeed |
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40. Yves Behar @yvesbehar Founder Chief Designer fuseproject |
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41. Dennis Crowley @dens Co-founder, foursquare |
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42. Geoff Keighley @geoffkeighley TV Host & Journalist |
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43. David Carr* @carr2n Journalist, New York Times *This list was compiled before Mr. Carr's passing, but his powerful impact on the world of journalism and media remains. |
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44. David Sacks @DavidSacks Founder, Yammer |
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45. Drew Houston Founder & CEO, Dropbox @drewhouston |
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46. Tony Conrad @tonysphere Co-Founder, about.me & Sphere |
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47. Mike Butcher @mikebutcher Editor-at-Large, TechCrunch |
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48. John Smedley @j_smedley President, Sony Online Entertainment |
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49. Ryan Holmes @Hootsuite Founder-CEO, Hootsuite |
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50. Aaron Levie @levie CEO, Box |
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51. Pat Gelsinger @VMware Chief Executive Officer of VMware |
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52. Werner Vogels @Werner CTO, Amazon |
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53. Alexia Tsotsis @alexia Co-Editor, TechCrunch |
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54. Martin Bryant @MartinSFP Editor- in -Chief, Next Web |
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55. Patrick Lee @rottendoubt Co-Founder & Former CEO , Rotten Tomatoes |
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56. Niklas Zennstrom @atomicoventures Entrepreneur, Skype & Kazaa |
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57. Michael Sippey @sippey Advisor, Twitter |
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58. Jeremy Stoppleman @jeremys CEO, Yelp |
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59. Julie Uhrman @juhrman Founder, OUYA |
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60. Padmasree Warrior @Padmasree CTO, Cisco |
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61. David Rowan @iRowan Editor, Wired |
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62. Scott Belsky @scottbelsky VP of Products, Adobe |
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63. Naval Ravikant @naval Co-Founder, AngeList |
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64. Michael Jackson @overdrev Co-founder and CEO of Mangrove |
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65. Adam Braun @adambraun Founder, Pencils of Promise |
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66. Matthew Prince @eastdakota Co-founder and CEO of CloudFlare |
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67. Shervin Pishevar @sherpa Co-Founder & CEO of Sherpa Global |
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68. Gina Bianchini @ginab Founder & CEO, Mightybell |
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69. Jeff Clavier @jeff Founder, SofTech VC |
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70. Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath Venture Capitalist, Playdom & Bumptop |
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71. Adeo Ressi @adeoressi Founder & CEO of The Founder Institute |
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72. Ben Rooney @benjrooney Co-Editor in Chief, Informilo |
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73. Bing Gordon @bingfish General Partner, KPCB |
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74. Caroline Hyde @CarolineHydeTV Reporter, BloombergTV |
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75. Ashwin Navin @ashwinnavin Co-Founder & CEO, Samba TV |
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76. Jon Oringer @jonoringer Founder & CEO, Shutterstock |
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77. Christy Wyatt @christywyatt President & CEO, Good Technology |
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78. Sam Shank @samshank Entrepreneur and Investor, Hotel Tonight |
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79. Keith Teare @Kteare Entrepreneur & Founder, Just.me |
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80. Patrick Collison @patrickc Co-Founder & CEO, Stripe |
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81. Cyan Banister @cyantist CEO, Zivity.com |
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82. Porter Gale @portergale Author, Your Network Is Your Net Worth |
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83. Brendan Iribe @brendaniribe CEO, Oculus |
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84. Jennifer Hyman @Jenn_RTR Co-Founder & CEO, Rent The Runway |
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85. Jay Bregman @jaybregman Founder & CEO, Hailo |
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86. Katia Beauchamp @katiawb Co-Founder & CEO, Birchbox |
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87. Peter Fredell @seamless CEO, Seamless |
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88. Peter Arvai @Peterarvai Founder & CEO, Prezi |
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89. Joshua Reeves @joshuareeves Co-Founder & CEO, ZenPayroll |
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90. Jeffrey Lu @Jiffylu CEO and co-founder of Daily Aisle |
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91. Gentry Underwood @gentry Co- Founder & CEO , Mailbox (Now Dropbos) |
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92. Jimmy Maymann @maymann CEO, Huffington Post |
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93. Mikkel Svane @mikkelsvane CEO of Zendesk |
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94. Glenn Fogel @glennfogel Head of Worldwide Strategy and Planning, The Priceline Group |
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95. Vijay Sankaran @vijaysankaran Chief Technology Director, Ford |
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96. Stephen Master @stephenmaster13 SVP - Global Head of Sports Practice, The Nielsen Company |
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97. Lew Cirne @sweetlew Chief Data Nerd, New Relic |
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98. Adrian Cockcroft @adrianco Technology Fellow, Battery Ventures |
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99. Kristian Segerstrale @ksegerstrale Co-Founder, Playfish |
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100. Kate Matsudaira @Katemats Founder, Popforms |
Well, there you have it - 100 of the most wanted speakers in the tech industry! Adding any of these tech pros to your roster is sure to spice up any conference. We may have missed some awesome speakers, so feel free to leave a suggestion in a comment below. For more tips and tricks on conferences, networking and speakers - you're welcome to Follow @bizzabo
